MONDAY MOJO

The daily PWYC thread, where we gather to keep in touch, keep accountable and keep motivating each other.
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LadyM, I'm glad you're getting a flu shot. I am, too, and so is DH. I have underlying health problems, which mean I *should* get mine, so do, as I'd hate to get sick without it. I can't afford that, don't want to get ill, if I can help it, too.

Also, I got my Shingles Vaccine, even though we had to pay out-of-pocket, $188, :o but I'm so glad. My BFF had gotten singles, was miserable and still has problems, even though it healed up. :( I'm glad I got it, even though it was an "OUCH" to pay for.

Nancy, You're so productive. The ripple prayer shawl, in sunny yellow, sounds wonderful. :) Good luck on it. :!:

Elizabeth, So sorry about the Monday "Mope" today and about your phone interview time. I wish you the best, on landing a job, soon. :!: You are one mighty dedicated lady and I just feel like the perfect job for you will come. :idea: :) We're all pulling for you, too!

Dee, I'm glad you and I have GREAT MINDS! :lol: :lol:

Waving to Twins' Mom, Harriet, Lucylee, and Kathryn. :D

I was so ill this a.m., DH pitched right in, (as he always does!) and he helped take care of the dry towels, mailed a b-day mailer to a DGS, ordered checks, made out a bill and mailed it, ran the DW and now he's mowing! :P

Me, on the other hand, have replied to 1 long email, printed it up, thinking how wonderful a story it would make, by changing locations, names of characters, etc.. (I did this with 1 of Dsis' emails, too.) But when a family member emails such wonderful emails, which would truly make lovely stories of overcoming obstacles, it's just too good to pass up. Everything's supposed to be based on fact, too. OH! That reminds me! :o :P :!: Steve Harvey's show today is all about the latest trends in dating. I need to watch it, because I get dating characters occasionally. If I know the latest trends, the story's more realistic, for the readers. I like him because he's funny, honest, smart, and I learn so much. I don't watch daily; only when the subjects are something for my personal life or a story. :idea:

I have towels to dry; dark ones, and after the DW is done, I'll sort the remaining laundry to "see" if I have enough for a load again. :?: I keep waking up with a damp sweaty nightgown, so regularly wash them, and hoping I can wash them with other things, as it's a long-sleeved nightgown, down to my ankles, which makes it cozy to sleep in, in the cooler temps.

I'm going to go work on crochet and write a story out by hand. I've ran scans, DH just came in from mowing, and I am focusing on getting DGS's afghan done today. :!: :mrgreen: I found the cutest little poncho, for a baby girl, at:

http://www.redheart.com called "Sweet Baby Poncho". Also, at

http://www.lionbrand.com I found "Lion Brand Tweed Stripes Seashell Poncho". I thought it'd be nice out of variegated pink-burgundy-rose yarn, which I have here. :idea: I think DGD will look cute in ponchos, in the New Year, too. ;)

Oh, my goodness. :o It's turning 1 p.m. and I forgot lunch. :oops: :roll: :? I'll run and eat a salad, to have before I take my supplements. :idea: I'll get to work on the crochet, after lunch, and then, snail mail will arrive. Hoping I get what I term "Good & Happy Mail". :P I'm expecting a book, from a Dfriend, a free book, from a ministry I'm a recipient of, although I do purchase books from them, too, and will enjoy sitting back to read letters- if I get any. I have 1 computer letter, 2-pages, which I can "personalize" for different pen pals, too. I'm expecting a reply, too, from a BFF, who I sent a sympathy card to, because of the death of her Dbro. :cry: She's taking it quite hard, which is normal, as they and her Dfamily, are so close to her. She's amazing, such a lovely person, and we laugh AND cry, when we read each others' letters,too. It's nice to know, we CAN put up boundaries, when needed, and how we RESPECT those boundaries, and become even more close in the meantime. She's my age, and we're like sisters. I love her and she loves me. I send her occasional crochet gifts and once, her adult DGD kept taking her hat, I'd made her. So! Can't have THAT! I made, wrapped, her DGD's a hat, which she felt in love with. It is called "The Ugly but Warm Hat," but it's NOT ugly. WHY the name, I have no clue. :?: :o It's a pattern, using an "M" hook, 2-strands of yarn, works up within 30 - 40 minutes, and is very attractive on anybody's head. It's great for a "bad hair day", if you're going to an appt., shopping, or anywhere, outside the house. My last one, for myself, is pink, so I'm going to be getting a LOT of use out of it this month, since it's Cancer Awareness month. :idea: :) Have so much cancer in my Dmom's family, as well as those who have married into our family. :(

I'm rambling, like crazy now. Everyone have a Happy Monday Mojo afternoon! :D
Will try to BBL. ;)
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Just need to put on shoes to be done with s2s. I also did a quick refrigerator purge and took the kitchen trash out to garage.

Dh had requested that I go to cleaners for him today, so I will do that next...
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Mojo... still not feeling it, but following Joyce Meyer's advice that one can DO the RIGHT thing, even when one FEELS "wrong," -- I do have a few accomplishments:
* oil change, done
* property taxes, paid
* dgs, collected from his house
* dermatologist, phoned
(I am having a bout w/excema, I guess, that is driving me INSANE. This phone call was not very productive though. It seems dermatologist is in ITALY. :evil: However, the receptionist said he often calls in, and they would ask him to renew rx for cream I used in the past, which was really all I wanted anyway.)
* jewelry store -- no luck -- it was closed.
(I have a pearl necklace I want to have restrung. I think most people call it a "Tin Cup" necklace -- b/c the actress wore it throughout that movie -- and that lets y'all know how long I've had this... BUT -- I still love it. I've had it restrung at least once, maybe twice. The white thread just gets dirty looking after a while. The pearls are spaced out, so the thread shows very plainly.)

Must go hunt letters now...
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Well, I missed the morning - but I have been chugging away at my list.
  • Dishes - DONE
    Floors - DONE
    15 minutes in den - DONE
    Small appliances for resale shop - Cleaned and in car trunk.
    Supper - Planned
    Lunch - Eaten
    Phone calls - Done.
Still to do - Put last load of clean dishes away. Sew 1 hour on Counted Cross Stitch.

Elizabeth - glad to hear about possible job.

Oh! I forgot - I also worked on Church paper work.

Time to check in the inside of my eyelids. TTFN
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Must go hunt letters -- guess I should have explained -- more of the Fisher Price magnetic letters were missing since yesterday. DGS found them in the box w/the toddler size Legos. Now we're back to having everything except U-V-W.

Laundry is hanging to dry.
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Running behind. Got distracted cleaning out two drawers so I'd have room to put some more things into them. The same has to be done in the broom closet.

Ds came over and did laundry and took a load of stuff to his place so that helped.

We walked over to the store to drop off the old internet modem for the house and closed that account. Then picked up ready made food for dinner.

I'm off to class now (more walking.) I'm sore so hope that it won't be too far for me.
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Elizabeth - CONGRATULATIONS!!

We are home from appts. I am plenty FRUSTRATED with having to wait for 1 hour 20 minutes with a hungry 6 year old for his last appointment. If they had just told me it was going to be that long of wait, I could have got LO something to eat. All 14 grades in LO school eat in the same cafeteria. That means the little ones eat first which is very early lunch. LO had went 6 hours without eating and was a TOTAL WHINY BRAT. I took him to the waiting room bathroom once and should of done it about hundred other times but I was giving him some grace due to his hunger. I stopped on the way home and got him a McD kids meal but decided to not take him to Karate lessons because he was not listening and/or minding and I WAS DONE DONE DONE DONE.

AFter I got home I processed the other 8 lbs of BBQ pork and put it into the freezer in meal size portions. $27 of meat made 10 meals. Right now I'm not interested in cooking anything more today. I loaded the DW but am going to leave the rest of the kitchen until morning. It has been awhile since I've done that so I'm not sure that I will really go to bed with a dirty kitchen.....but I am seriously considering ignoring it for now.

I'm monitoring LO while he is doing his 4 PM cards-
** BM
** take bath
** brush teeth and put star on board
** pick up his toys

I could get really whining about now. I'm tired so I best be hushing and just wish everyone SWEET DREAMS!
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Dh and I were fortunate in that we both were part of a Shingles study, FF. Our doctor's office recommended that we take part in this study. That was in 2000. In 2009 I got shingles, which as you probably know, was not fun at all. Turned out I had had the actual Shingles vaccine and got them anyway. But, so they tell me, it would have been worse had I not had it -not that I noticed! It was a rough go through all of it. Had to do more testing (and we were in FL at the time) to be sure I had shingles, which of course I did. The study paid for all my doctor and lab visits and medications. Asked if I needed a booster but they tell me I pretty well re-inoculated myself. Hope they're right. Dh had ended up having had the placebo. The study was cut short because it went so well. Dh ended up being given the vaccine so neither of us had to pay for it. Actually our DS-A had shingles when he was a young teenager. His chest looked like raw hamburger about then and the dr took one look and knew immediately what was wrong.

Dh said ds-A was literally going out one door as he went in another at the fire hall tonight. He knew they had water rescue drill tonight. When he came back here the gal at the store told him a fire company was here doing water rescue. He said that our department was doing one tonight too -well he was pretty amazed when he came down the drive and realized that it was our department out here doing the drill. So ds-A is probably about 300' from us right now. But we won't get to see him.

I need to get to bed. Now I'm cold! Been raining tonight.
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Hi again! Errands are run - lunch, library returns, purse purchased, PJs purchased, printer ink obtained. And my car turned 150,000, so Happy Birthday Car. Some crisis cleaning has been done. I drew the slips for: back south yard (much progress, not complete), front north yard (complete), and car glove compartment (complete, even the melted on crayons). I have caught up on my emails. Why is CyberCoders (a job website) sending me traveling nursing positions? Not only am I not a nurse, but that is not even coding.

Next up: write up some job search stuff, website work, sewing and box pleating, and pattern generation. I need to figure out how much fabric I need for my costume. I finally saw a version of the Anna dress I am making DD12. However, it was toddler size! I may not do things in that order.

But first, I think I am going to do some catboxes and hit the shower. Yard work gave me some pretty itchy areas. Guess I will run an LOL, too. And I will change into my new pajamas and throw away the old ones - I did patch the largest hole, but time for them to GO.
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Weather was wonderful today. We had the fan in the window till probably 10:30 and our free a/c brought the house down from 80° to 74°. Lovely.

Really had a chuckle tonight reading posts. Y'all have a good sense of humor.

Well, no flu shots here in this house. Maybe someday. Harriet, I did read something you wrote to Sunny, but my brain must have stalled and I didn't understand what you meant! I think I knew Sunny didn't get the flu shots, but I thought her DH did. I remember DMom got a polio vaccine booster (we all went and had sugar cubes laced with something at the high school) and she got really sick. I remember her laying on the couch aching all over. Dr. told her never to get that stuff again.

Elizabeth, congratulations for job offer and possibly another one. After all this time, maybe you'll have 2 to pick from. Is one closer to you and are the benefits better one than another?

Freight semi came and we transferred 280 lbs. of product into our dump truck. Then I went out and ran all my errands: business bank, county office with packet of reports, personal bank with deposit, library just to drop off a book read, GW to drop off a box of stuff that I'd gathered and has been sitting in living room too long, then I took that bedspread to church lady.

Church lady was thrilled to get it and we put it on her bed. The spread was queen size but turned out smaller once I had it done, and her bed was double size so it looked great! She was very happy! I thought the white one she had on the bed was prettier, but she really liked the one I fixed. Turns out she got the duvet at a yard sale down the street. She kept trying to pay me, I kept refusing.

So, I came home with 4 woven like-new halloween place mats - cute not goulish; a big can of coffee for DH; a partial bag of kale, and 4 sweet potatoes! :lol: I did not insult her by refusing. We had the kale and 2 of the sweet potatoes for dinner with my baked chicken. She is 77, and I think she's starved for company, she talks my ear off whenever I see her!

Going off to bed, I can hardly keep my eyes open.
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